Anchor-tripper



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. L. BAYLIES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

ANCHOR-TRIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,654, dated April 19, 1859.

To @ZZ 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. L. BAYLIEs, of Richmond, in the county of Wayneand State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Anchor-Tripper;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference bcing had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is alongitudinal vertical section of my invention taken in the line fr, m,Fig. 2. Fig. Q, is an inverted plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

To enable those skilled in the art to full-y understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a block which forms the stock of the device. This blockmay be formed of two longitudinal parts a, b, firmly bolted together andhaving a loop or eye c, at its front end, which projects over the sideof the vessel. The stock also has a longitudinal slot CZ, made in it ofsuitable length and communicating at right angles with the loop or eyec, the slot as well as the loop or eye extending entirely through thestock.

Within the slot cZ, a tripper bar B, is placed. This bar may be ofrectangular form and of such a length, that when in a horizontal.position it will extend the whole length of the slot CZ, and across theloop or eye, as shown clearly in red Fig. 1. The back end of the bar B,is fitted on a pin c, the end of which work in horizontal slots f, f, inthe stock A, at the back part of the slot cZ, as shown by dotted linesin both figures.

Near the front end of the tripping bar B, and at one side a pin g,projects and this pin fits within an oblique slot L, at one side of theslot CZ, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. To the under side of the trippingbar B, and at its back part there is a curved projection i, attached,said projection extending under the tripping bar B, as shown clearly inFig. 1.

Transversely through the stock A, a shaft O, passes. This shaft has alever D, at tached, to one end of it, and on this shaft two cams j, 7s,are placed. The form of these cams is shown clearly in Fig. 1, and onej, acts directly against the tripping bar B, and the other against theface or end of the projection i, said face or end being at right angleswith the lower surface of the tripping bar B. The cams y', c, are soplaced on the shaft C, that when the lever D, is drawn back in thedirection indicated by arrow 1, the cam j, will act against the underside of the tripping bar and owing to the position of the slots f, It,will raise the tripping bar B, obliquely upward to a horizontalposition, said bar having an upward and lateral movement combined, theupward movement being due to the action of the cani y', and the lateralmovement to the oblique slot 7L, and horizontal slot f. When the leverD, is moved in the opposite direction as indicated by arrow 2, the barB, will descend obliquely downward to a position as shown in black Fig.1.

When the anchor is suspended over the side of the vessel the anchorchain E, shown in red, has its end link Z, fitted on the end of thetripping bar B, which is in a horizontal position as shown in red, thelever D, being by the side of the stock as shown by the red dotted linesin Fig. 1. The tripping bar B, while in this position will withoutlocking the lever D, retain the anchor, as the cam j, while in avertical position, supports said bar, as shown in red, Fig. 1, andconsequently cannot be displaced or acted upon by the weight of theanchor at the end of the bar B. When the anchor is to be let down theoperators raise the lever D and the bar B descends obliquely downwardthe prominence of the cam j, moving or turning downward and the cam Z5at the same time acting against the end of the projection z'. By thedescent of the tripping bar B, the link Z, when the bar B, reaches aproper inclination will slip ofi from it and the bar B, will rest on theinner ends of the two cams y', 7c, as shown in black. By thisarrangement there will be no end thrust on the bar B, as the link Z,leaves it, as the bar is drawn down obliquely from without the link andrest firmly on the cams. The lever D,

therefore cannot be violently swung or moved by any reactive force ofthe link Z, as the heavy mass of metal is liberated from the bar B,neither Can any of the Working stantially as and for the purpse hereinparts of the device be injured thereby.

Having thus described my invention what cla-iin as new and desire tosecure by Let- 5 ters Patent, is,

The arrangement and combina-tion of the tripping bar B, shaft C and camsj, 7s, subshoWn and described.

T. L. BAYLIES.

Witnesses WM. S. ADDLEMAN, JOSEPH MCCOY.

